On Wednesday, May 19th, we will have our traditional dinner.

As we are in the seaport Hamburg this time we are happy to present a very special location:

We are on board of  the "Cap San Diego" who is anchored in the port of Hamburg.

In Hatchway 3 we will have a buffet with delicacies of northern Germany in a unique ambiance.

Accompanied by music and a lot of well-known members of the "telemetry family" we will celebrate a wonderful evening.

The website of the "Cap San Diego" tells about the historical background:

"The MV Cap San Diego was constructed by the Deutsche Werft, Hamburg, contract No. 785. The vessel is from bow to stern a Hamburg ship and was designed by the well known Hamburg marine architect Cäsar Pinnau. She was delivered on March 27th, 1962 to the fleet of the "Hamburg-Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft". She is the youngest of 6 sister ships, named "Cap San Antonio", "Cap San Augustin", "Cap San Lorenzo", "Cap San Marco" and "Cap San Nicolas".

With their sleek hulls and massive sterns, these ships resembled elegant yachts rather than freighters with a loading capacity of 10,300 tons.
Her measurements are: Length 159.40 m, Breadth 21.47 m, Volume 9,998 GRT (Gross Register Tons)/5,728 NRT (Net Register Tons) as a full scantling ship and 7,626 GRT / 4,116 NRT as a shelter-decker. Fully loaden she displaces 17,470 tons at a draft of 8.46 m. The ship’s deadweight is 6,700 tons at a draft of 5.40 m.

The Cap San Diego is propelled by a two-stroke MAN diesel engine with 9 cylinders and 11,600 horsepower. On her trial run she reached a maximum speed of 20.3 knots at 118 revolutions per minute.
Four auxiliary KHD-engines (500 hp) with generators supply the ship with electricity (440V/115 ac).

On March 29, 1962, the Cap San Diego sailed off to her maiden voyage. During the following 20 years, she completed more than 120 round trips between Hamburg and South America. In those days, every single week a Cap-San ship was leaving from Hamburg, heading for the east coast of South America."